Example sentences of "[conj] [adj] the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | One-Dimensional Chess had n't been all that difficult once they worked out the rules , and now their first answer was being carried or transmitted or processed-whatever-by the small attendant with the little red boots . |
| 2 | One measure of a successful department will be its primary/secondary links in terms of the frequency of consultation between phases , the level of joint planning between them and where possible the coherent management of a cross-phase unit of study . |
| 3 | Irrespective of whether a hotel is small , medium or large the basic work of the reception office is the same , selling accommodation , receiving and welcoming guests , maintaining accounting and other records , liaison with all other departments within the hotel and integrating all activities relating to the service and comfort of the guests . |
| 4 | mode of argument ( g ) : Exemplify theories , terms or approaches , or use a classificatory system to describe a text ( usually in order to reflect back on how suitable or effective the descriptive system is ) . |
| 5 | In Annamese families of their rank supervision of the home and the children was left largely to the mother ; like most Annamese fathers , however , Tran Van Hieu kept a sturdy bamboo cane locked in a lacquered cabinet in his study to reinforce where necessary the Confucian notion of filial piety . |
| 6 | Where necessary the ventral view is supplemented with drawings of the disk armament , arm spines and lateral views of the arms . |
| 7 | Somehow or other the good doctor and his wife have become embroiled in it . ’ |
| 8 | Taking a more aggressive line than usual the Scottish Office specialists say that farmers ' cash income is a better comparison . |
| 9 | Fearon , his swarthy face as white as a ghost beneath the tan , removed his hard hat slowly , the last to do so , and with an angry look at Green as if he felt the financier had somehow insulted rather than honoured the lifeless form sprawled on the flagstones . |
| 10 | When he is first led into her presence she is veiled ‘ but with her draperies so arranged that they emphasised rather than concealed the wonderful elegance of her tall form ’ and ‘ two plaits of glossy , raven hair ’ , each ending in a ‘ single large pearl ’ , appear beneath her veil . |
| 11 | No matter how ruthless and cruel the evolutionary process may appear to be , it nevertheless must be regarded as having been inevitably so . |
| 12 | One solution could be to double notes at the octave , but this leads to poor results , as doubled notes become too powerful and upset the chordal equilibrium . |
| 13 | Slowly , with infinite care , Rourke reached up and untwined the tight band of her fingers from around the heavy ornament . |
| 14 | If possible the new pasture should have a good nutritional value ; alternatively some supplementary feeding may be given . |
| 15 | The fact is ( however complex and messy the eventual analysis may be ) that the two kinds of process and relationship must have developed together and must surely be combined with one another in our understanding . |
| 16 | In the case of the franc-dollar and lira-dollar the speculative efficiency hypothesis was rejected both because the estimate of β was different from unity and because the errors showed signs of serial correlation ( in the case of the lira-dollar ) . |
| 17 | Is it , it 's like a big eye , and it was black one side and white the other side and the black side had a white pupil and the white the other side had a black one |
| 18 | By and large the original exhibition at Edinburgh has been well adapted to the diverse spaces at Kenwood , even if it has not been possible to make the large plaster reconstruction model , lent by the Museo della Civiltà Romana , Rome , still the focal centre of the show . |
| 19 | By and large the characteristic enterprise of the first half of the century had been financed privately — e.g. from family assets — and expanded by reinvesting profits , though this might well mean that , with most of capital tied up in this way , the firm might rely a good deal on credit for its current operations . |
| 20 | Pre-marital pregnancy was therefore generally an anticipation of marriage and by and large the local community could , if necessary , enforce marriage through its repertoire of informal rules , on a reluctant young couple . |
| 21 | The priority system which has raided and impoverished the civilian economy for military benefit may in retrospect turn out to have been the scourge of military and civil progress alike . |
| 22 | If successful the new letter will be used in larger quantities next year . |
| 23 | ‘ Wing-winnowing lark with speckled breast … ’ 'The lark with sudden impulse starts and sings/ and mid the smoking rain/ quivers her russet wings … ’ 'Till mixing with the vapour 's dun/ he 's lost in valleys of the sun … ’ 'Then hangs a dust spot in the sunny skies/ and drops and drops . ’ |
| 24 | Wood-flour clad the heated planes of Bishop Hrolf 's brow and cheeks and gloved the powerful crag of his nose save , endearingly , for the double fingermark where he had blown it . |
| 25 | I do n't think Einstein , or anyone else in 1905 , realized how simple and elegant the new theory of relativity was . |
| 26 | But once the Mutiny had raised the temperature of the relationship between Briton and Indian the fortified station became the norm . |
| 27 | The client 's quantity surveyor , and if necessary the relevant consultant , will also check the invoices or payment requests and include the agreed amount for each nominated sub-contractor in the interim certificate . |
| 28 | Athelstan wondered if he was going to describe to all and sundry the recent fray in the alleyway . |
| 29 | In that case no such presumption could exist : on the contrary where Parliament had provided that the decision of an inferior court was final and conclusive the High Court should not be astute to find that the inferior court 's decision on a question of law had not been made final and conclusive , thereby excluding the jurisdiction to review it . |
| 30 | Elizabeth soon discovered what was afoot and frightened the mooted consort into a hasty retreat to his Norfolk estates , though she misinterpreted his sudden flight as a prelude to the rising of the north . |